Sep 05, 2019, at 04:22 pm
Islamabad: Days after Pakistani Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad received an electric shock while criticising Narendra Modi, a Pakistani singer has threatened the Indian Prime Minister with snakes and crocodiles for abrogating Article 370.
California to showcase South Asian Literature and Art Festival 2019
Sep 05, 2019, at 02:55 pm
California: For the first time, one of the largest South Asian Literature & Art Festival (SALA) in collaboration with UC Berkeley Institute of South Asian Studies is scheduled to be held at Montalvo Arts Center and Art Forum at 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, California (US) from October 6 to 13, 2019, media reports said.
Canada announces emergency aid for hurricane-hit Bahamas
Sep 05, 2019, at 02:42 pm
Washington: Ottawa is offering half a million dollars in emergency support plus damage assessment teams after the islands were hammered by Hurricane Dorian, one of the strongest Atlantic storms of all time, Global Affairs Canada said in a statement on Wednesday.
‘Digital divide’ will worsen inequalities, without better global cooperation
Sep 05, 2019, at 02:39 pm
New York, Sept 5 (IBNS): Inequality will worsen unless the so-called “digital divide” – the gap between under-connected and highly digitalized countries – is not addressed, warns a new report released on Wednesday by the UN trade body, UNCTAD.
New UN book club helps children deal with global issues
Sep 05, 2019, at 02:26 pm
New York, Sept 5 (IBNS): For children in Chad, getting an education can involve manual labour. That’s because, every year, there’s a chance that the rainy season will destroy their school, and they will have to join their teachers in rebuilding it. This is the story recounted in the children’s book “Rain School”, which is on the reading list of the UN's SDG Book Club.
India is sowing seeds of war with its Kashmir move: Pakistan army official
Sep 05, 2019, at 11:31 am
Islamabad: Citing the situation in Kashmir as dangerous, Pakistan Army has said that India is sowing the seeds of war with its move to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.
A third of young people polled by UN, report being a victim of online bullying
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:53 pm
New York: Around one-in-three young people across 30 countries say they have been bullied online, while one-in-five report that they have skipped school because of it. Those are some of the key findings in a new poll released on Wednesday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Special Representative on Violence against Children.
Following week of bloodshed, ‘suffering of the Afghan people must end’: UN mission chief
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:47 pm
New York: In the wake of a surge in violent strikes by Taliban extremists in Afghanistan over the past week, the country’s top UN envoy has pleaded for an end to the fighting through a negotiated peace settlement, and an end to the “indescribable loss” suffered by victims’ loved ones
Nowhere is safe to hide in war-torn Yemen, say UN-appointed rights experts
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:43 pm
New York: The people of Yemen have been subject to “numerous” possible war crimes in recent years including forced recruitment of children and sexual abuse in detention, UN-appointed senior rights experts said on Tuesday, in an appeal to the international community to do more to end the conflict.
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:41 pm
New York: Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalized violence that must be addressed urgently, an independent United Nations expert said on Tuesday, following a fact-finding visit to the country.
Scottish court rules Jonson's decision to suspend parliament not illegitimate: Reports
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:35 pm
Moscow, Sep 4 (Sputnik/UNI) A judge of the court in Edinburgh, which has been leading the case of UK opposition lawmakers challenging the decision of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend the parliament almost immediately prior to when the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union, decided that the prorogation does not contradict the law, media reported on Wednesday.
Hong Kong stocks soar amid reports of formal withdrawal of extradition bill
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:15 pm
Moscow, Sep 4 (Sputnik/UNI) The Hong Kong stock market jumped Wednesday following reports that the region’s chief executive is expected to announce the formal withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill that has triggered massive protests in recent months.
Explosion at Donetsk coalmine leaves one person killed: DPR Coal Ministry
Sep 04, 2019, at 05:13 pm
Moscow, Sep 4 (Sputnik/UNI) An unidentified object has exploded on the territory of a coalmine in Donetsk, killing one person, the Coal Ministry of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh, Maldives hold talks on intelligence sharing to fight against terrorism
Sep 04, 2019, at 04:23 pm
Dhaka, Sept 4 (IBNS): Leaders of Bangladesh and Maldives recently met and discussed the need to exchange intelligence in order to combat terrorism, media reports said.
Hong Kong leader agrees to declare scrapping of extradition bill
Sep 04, 2019, at 03:27 pm
Hong Kong City, Sept 4 (IBNS): Amid weeks of protests, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is all set to formally withdraw on Wednesday afternoon the much-despised extradition bill, media reports said.
Somalia: Worst harvest since 2011, with more than 2 million expected to go hungry
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:20 am
New York, Sept 4 (IBNS): Somalia’s 2019 cereal harvest is the poorest the country has seen since 2011, when famine strained already scarce resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), announced on Tuesday, blaming unreliable weather patterns and “climatic shocks”.
UN experts decry torture of Rakhine men and boys held incommunicado by Myanmar’s military
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:06 am
New York, Sept 4 (IBNS): Allegations of torture and ill-treatment leading to the death of ethnic Rakhine men and boys being held in incommunicado detention by Myanmar’s military, has prompted three independent UN rights experts to call for an end to the practice and for “credible, independent” investigations.
UN ‘prioritizing needs’, ramping up aid, as Hurricane Dorian continues to batter the Bahamas
Sep 04, 2019, at 10:02 am
New York, Sept 4 (IBNS): Renewed warnings of deadly destruction in the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian have been issued by UN agencies and partners, who said on Tuesday that they’re worried “for every single” person on two of the worst-hit Caribbean islands.
6th Annual Oakville Diwali Gala to present Lights, Camera, and Auction
Sep 03, 2019, at 08:57 pm
Oakville, Sept 2 (IBNS): Oakville’s largest South Asian gala, Oakville Diwali Gala 2019, would be held in Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) during September in support of OTMH, media reports said.
One killed, 11 injured in motorcycle explosion in North of Syria's Aleppo – Local Source
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:31 pm
Antakya, September 3 (Sputnik) One person was killed and 11 were injured in a motorcycle explosion in the city of Azaz north of Syria's Allepo, a local source told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Sikh pilgrims to get multiple, on arrival visas in Pakistan, says Imran Khan
Sep 03, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Islamabad, Sep 3 (UNI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that it is his government's "duty" to make all efforts to facilitate Sikh pilgrims who visit Kartarpur and Nankana Sahib as well as other Sikh holy sites in the country.
Afghanistan: Death toll in Taliban truck bomb attack touches 16
Sep 03, 2019, at 04:49 pm
Kabul, Sept 3 (IBNS): The death toll in the truck bomb attack in east of Kabul city of Afghanistan on Monday evening touched 16, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Police forces kill 2 suicide bombers before they reach a wedding ceremony
Sep 03, 2019, at 04:28 pm
Kabul, Sept 3 (IBNS): The police on Tuesday killed two suicide bombers before they tried to enter a wedding ceremony in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Pakistani boy asks Imran Khan to fix economy first and then think about Kashmir, video goes viral
Sep 03, 2019, at 04:22 pm
Islamabad, Sept 3 (IBNS): At a time when the relationship between India and its neighbouring nation has touched a new low over the scrapping of the Article 370, a Pakistani boy's video has gone viral online where he could be seen advising his Prime Minister Imran Khan to first focus on developing its economy and later on issues like Jammu and Kashmir.
Explosion rocks Afghan capital, casualties feared
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:12 am
Kabul, Sept 3 (Xinhua/UNI) Casualties were feared after a powerful explosion rocked near a compound frequented by foreigners in eastern side of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul on Monday, an Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed.
Hong Kong police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Mong Kok district - Reports
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:10 am
Moscow, Sep 2 (Sputnik/UNI) Hong Kong police on Monday used tear gas to disperse protesters in the district of Mong Kok, media reported.
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:06 am
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS): United Nations leaders on Monday expressed solidarity with the people and Government of the Bahamas and all those impacted by Hurricane Dorian, the massive storm pummeling the region with high winds and torrential rainfall.
Hospitals among seven health centres attacked in Syria’s north-east
Sep 03, 2019, at 10:00 am
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS): Seven health centres in Syria’s north-west have been reportedly attacked in recent days and two of them have been destroyed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
DR Congo President and UN chief meet at a ‘historic moment’ for democracy in the country
Sep 03, 2019, at 09:53 am
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS): On the third and final day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN chief António Guterres declared that the country is experiencing a historic moment, which could herald the development of democratic institutions.
‘These are very dark times for Yemen’: senior UN official on air strike mass casualties
Sep 03, 2019, at 09:49 am
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS): Lise Grande, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, described Sunday’s deadly airstrikes in Dhamar City as a “horrific incident”, and the scale of the casualties, as “staggering”. “These are very dark times for Yemen,” said Ms. Grande. "There have been days of fighting and strikes in the south and hundreds of casualties”.